Article 16 Notifications of qualifying actions and adjoining installationsI1

F1..., a supplier, other than a new supplier, must, by the end of February 2013, notify the Administrator in writing of each qualifying action and adjoining installation completed in the period beginning with 1st October 2012 and ending with 31st January 2013.

F2Except in respect of a qualifying action to which paragraph (2A) applies, a supplier must by the end of each relevant calendar month notify the Administrator in writing of each qualifying action and adjoining installation completed in the calendar month immediately prior to the calendar month in which the notification is required to be made in accordance with this paragraph.

A supplier must, by the end of the calendar month after the month in which the second amending Order comes into force, notify the Administrator in writing of each qualifying action which—

A notification under F4paragraph (1), (2) or (2A) must—

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A notification of an adjoining installation must include an identification of the areas A and B as defined in article 14(1).

F6... A supplier must ensure that the carbon saving for a qualifying action or adjoining installation notified under paragraph (1) or (2) is calculated—

F9... A supplier must ensure that the cost saving for a heating qualifying action notified under paragraph (1) or (2) is calculated—

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Except where F13article 12(6) or (6A) applies, a qualifying action is completed when its installation is complete.

A supplier may apply to the Administrator for a completed qualifying action or completed adjoining installation to be notified after the date required by paragraph (1) or (2).

An application under paragraph (10) must provide details of why a supplier is seeking an extension of time to notify the completed qualifying action or adjoining installation

The Administrator may extend the period for notifying a qualifying action or adjoining installation which has been completed for such period as it thinks fit provided that—

A notification under this article must include such information relating to a qualifying action as the Administrator may from time to require.

In this article—

• “carbon dioxide equivalent saving” means, in respect of a measure, the amount in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent that is expected to be saved over the lifetime of the measure;

• “international carbon reporting practice” has the meaning given by section 94(1) of the Climate Change Act 2008;

• “relevant calendar month” means—

  1. (a)

     a calendar month in the overall obligation period for the supplier (but excluding January and February 2013 if those months would otherwise form part of that period); and

  2. (b)

     April 2015;

• “tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent” means—

  1. (a)

     a tonne of carbon dioxide; or

  2. (b)

     an amount of—

     1. (i)

        methane;

     2. (ii)

        nitrous oxide;

     3. (iii)

        methane and nitrous oxide combined; or

     4. (iv)

        carbon dioxide mixed with one or both of the gases listed in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii),

     with an equivalent global warming potential to one tonne of carbon dioxide (calculated consistently with international carbon reporting practice).